For the past couple of weeks, Francis Ford Coppola has had a mystery site up without much information on it. Well, now the mystery is solved and it’s called Youth Without Youth:

American Zoetrope, Ltd. announces production of a new film by Francis Ford Coppola, YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH, starring Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz and Marcel Iures. The film is written, produced and directed by Coppola, marking his return to personal filmmaking. The screenplay is adapted from a novella by legendary Romanian author Mircea Eliade. Principal photography begins in Europe October 3.

YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH stars Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Rob Roy,) as Dominic Matei, a professor whose life changes after a cataclysmic incident during the dark years prior to World War 11. Becoming a fugitive, he is pursued through far-flung locations including Romania, Switzerland, Malta and India.

Sounds like this is going to be one helluva good movie. Oh, and make sure you read FFC’s musing on the project: YWY musings